Colonel Rabe Abubakar, spokesman for the military task force, said the men were arrested early Tuesday while carrying bomb-making chemicals at Forcados in Delta state. Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) operates a major network of pipelines, oilfields and a major crude oil export terminal in Forcados.
July 7th, 2009:
Nigeria arrests 3 men with explosive material
High time to hit the City cheats very hard
The biggest FSA fine ever was a £17 million penalty meted out to Shell for misleading its own shareholders. Since no Shell manager was successfully pursued, the consequence was that the shareholders, the victims of the scandal, ended up indirectly paying the fine.
Fines to double or triple as FSA gets tough with City wrongdoers
The biggest fine was £17 million paid by Shell in 2004 after it misled shareholders about the size of its oil and gas reserves.
Jordan seeks oil riches from shale deposits
In May, Royal Dutch Shell signed a deal to explore and possibly eventually exploit Jordans deep oil shale deposits, which are among the worlds largest.
Shell Downgraded by HSBC on Refining, Investment Plan
July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europes largest oil company, was downgraded by HSBC Holdings Plc on costs for unconventional crude projects such as oil sands in Canada and possible weak refining margins.